apparently i collect fortune cookie proverbs and have been putting them in a certain designated place on my dresser without having any conscious knowledge of it, because i just found an enormous quantity of these little pieces of paper while packing my shit. i got some good ones, and some gay ones:

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. (clearly that one went in one ear and out the other)

Welcome change. (damn right!)

God will give you everything you want. (no need to comment--funny enough as is)

Your life gains the stability you desire. (a nice complement to "welcome change")

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. (Extreme Profundity Award Winner....but, what if you forget the idea? then does it regain its orig--[head abruptly drops, starts snoring loudly])

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. (Whatev...)

Pretty freakin cool, right? Also, I have essentially picked up Chinese as a second language, on account of those "learn chinese" lessons on the back of these things. For example, i was able to formulate this clever sentence in just under half an hour:

Hao pu-tao, di-di!        

(translation: Good grape, younger brother!) if you were to substitute "Batman" for "younger brother," it would be really funny. Unfortunately, none of my cookie proverbs had Batman on them.

on a completely unrelated note, i wish it was socially and professionally acceptable to wear the same clothes every day. if it were, my outfit turnover rate would be roughly 1 per week, possibly less, and i would save 10s of dollars on laundry.